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Anne Applebaum: How Democracies Fail

Gaslit Nation

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Cycles of Resistance and Failed Ideologies in the Soviet Bloc

This chapter explores the history of resistance against oppressive regimes in the Soviet Union and its territories, emphasizing the patterns of cyclical oppression and brief liberalization. It highlights the emergence of a structured opposition in Poland, contrasting it with the chaos in other satellite states during the fall of communism.

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